APARECIDA DE GOIâNIA

Aparecida de Goiânia
State	Goiás
Area:	290.1 km²
Population:	435,233 ''(IBGE 2005)''
Elevation:	808m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76310-000
Became a city:	1963
Distance to Goiânia:	21 km.
IBGE statistical microregion:	Goiânia Microregion
Website:	n/a

'Aparecida de Goiânia' is a city and municipality in central Goiás, Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state and a bustling industrial center.

Contents

Location

Demographics

Political Information

History

Economy

Health and Education

Households and Income

Climate

Tourism

★ Life expectancy: 70.16 ★ Adult literacy rate: 0.913 ★ School attendance rate: 0.815 ★ MHDI: 0.764 ★ State ranking: 49 (out of 242 municipalities) ★ National ranking: 1,488 (out of 5,507 municipalities) ''Data are from 2000''

See also

Location

Bordering on the southern limits of Goiânia, 21 kilometers from the center, Aparecida has experienced rapid growth as a suburb and an option for less expensive housing than in neighboring Goiânia.
Municipal boundaries are with:

★ North: Goiânia

★ South: Hidrolândia

★ East: Bela Vista de Goiás and Senador Canedo

★ West: Aragoiânia and Abadia de Goiás
The city is cut by the BR-153 (Goiânia-São Paulo) and several municipal highways and bathed by the Meia Ponte River.

Demographics

★ Population density: 1,509.1 inhab/km² (2005)

★ Urban population: 384,074 (2003)

★ Rural population: 963

★ Population growth 1991-2000: 7.30.%

★ Population change: the population has grown from 42,627 in 1980 to the present 435,233.

Political Information

In January 2005 the mayor was José Macedo de Araújo. There were 215,268 eligible voters in April 2006 and the city council had 17 members.

History

The history of Aparecida, like that of Goiânia, is recent. In 1922 followers of Our Lady of Aparecida donated land so that their neighbors could build a church for the Virgin. In 1958 it was elevated to the condition of Vila, as a district of Goiânia with the name Aparecida de Goiás. In 1958 the name was changed to Goialândia which remained until 1963 when it emancipated itself and assumed the name of Aparecida de Goiânia.

Economy

Its proximity to the capital has attracted important industries like Mabel (cookies), Vepeza and others, concentrated in the four different industrial zones on the edge of BR-153. In recent years the number of companies has doubled. Presently there are 6,500 small to large sized companies in the municipality, with 700 of them being industries. The industrial centers in the city are Distrito Agroindustrial de Aparecida de Goiânia (Daiag), Distrito Industrial (Dimag), Pólo Empresarial Goiás and Cidade Empresarial.

★ Gross Domestic Product: 1.2 billion Reais in 2002, which was 3.99% of the state PIB of 31.3 billion Reais at the time. See Sepin

★ Gross Domestic Product per capita: 3,369 Reais in 2002, which was well below the state average of 5,921 Reais in the same year. [1]
In 2004 there were 13 financial institutions in the city.
Despite the heavy industrialization Aparecida still produces agricultural products. The cattle herd was 11,700 in 2003. Other agricultural products are rice, manioc, bananas, coconut, and sugarcane.
'Activities employing the population'

★ agriculture: 88 persons

★ transformation industries: 10,519 persons

★ electricity, gas, and water: 1,712 persons

★ construction: 4,180 persons

★ commerce: 10,243 persons

★ hotels and restaurants: 1,450 persons

★ transport and storage: 1,369 persons

★ financial: 583 persons

★ services: 21,236 persons

★ public administration: 5,519 persons

★ education: 902 persons

★ health: 1,150 persons
(IBGE 2003)
'Motor Vehicles in 2004'

★ automobiles: 32,088

★ trucks: 2,382

★ pickups: 1,210

★ motorcycles: 19,725

Health and Education

★ health establishments: 32

★ hospital beds: 679 (531 public)

★ doctors, nurses, dentists: 321, 40, 19

★ infant mortality rate: 1990--35.4; 2000--20.9
(IBGE 2002)

★ primary school enrollment, teachers, schools: 79,589, 2,897, 158

★ middle and secondary school enrollment, teachers, schools: 18,448, 789, 40

★ university enrollment, teachers, schools: 3,316, 99, 02

★ literacy rate: 1991--85.2%; 2000--92.1%
(IBGE 2004)

Households and Income

★ Number of households: 90,943 (2000)

★ Households with no income: 5,176

★ Households earning less than one minimum salary: 16,578

★ Households earning between 01 and 02 minimum salaries: 6,939

★ Households earning between 02 and 03 minimum salaries: 15,162

★ Households earning between 03 and 05 minimum salaries: 14,661

★ Households earning between 05 and 10 minimum salaries: 9,500

★ Households earning between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 1,576

★ Households earning between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 748

★ Households earning between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 327

★ Households earning more than 30 minimum salaries: 276
The minimum salary in April 2000 was R$151.00. The minimum salary of April 2006 was R$350.00, which was $167.40 US dollars on April 30, 2006.

Climate

The climate is humid with an annual average of 21º C and a rainfall index of 1,500 mm., with rains concentrated in the months of November to March.

Tourism

One of the festivals that most attracts tourists to this industrial city is the festival of its patroness, Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
==Human Development Index

★ Life expectancy: 70.16

★ Adult literacy rate: 0.913

★ School attendance rate: 0.815

★ MHDI: 0.764

★ State ranking: 49 (out of 242 municipalities)

★ National ranking: 1,488 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
''Data are from 2000''

External links==

★ Diario da Manhã

★ IBGE

★ Seplan

★ Frigoletto

See also

List of municipalities in Goiás